Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Dec. 31, 1916 [December 31, 1916] Wea [Weather] 
8 [degrees], 24 [degrees] Fine

Cloudless & almost windless. The
coldest morning of the winter thus
far. Temperature rising slowly through day.

Garden birds. A Chickadee at suet;
6 Purple Finches in gray plumage, at first
in willows by Museum gate, flying thence
to old red cedar a few yards off & eating
its berries as birds of the same species used
to do when I was a boy & sometimes
caught in a wire trap cage placed on
the ground beneath this venerable tree;
a White-throated Sparrow among the
rhododendrons; 3 Juncos (1 [male] and 2 [females]) running
over snow close to Museum, pecking at seeds
of Zinnia stalks rising above the drift;
half a dozen or more House Sparrows.
  Wrote letters in Museum during A.M. &
late P.M. The Fairchild cousins, Lily,
Sally & Gordon & charming Kitty Frick were
our guests at dinner. C. [Caroline Brewster] did not leave her room
all day. Harry Forbes called at 4 P.M., staying
upwards of an hour & telling me much of
interest about his recent experiences in Serbia.
  I called on the Almys at 8.30 & saw Helen
just back from hospital service in France.

  So ends another year. How many more of them are left for C. & me?

Birth Days of "We Diners"

C.W. Townsend Nov. 10, 1859 [November 10, 1859]
Goodale [Joe Goodale] Jan'y 22, 1868 [January 22, 1868]
C.F. Batchelder [Charles Forster Batchelder] July 20, 1856
R. Thaxter Aug. 28, 1858 [August 28, 1858]
Rand [Aug.] 22, 1859 [August 22, 1859]
W. Deane [Walter Deane] Apr. 23, 1848 [April 23, 1848]
H.M. Spelman [Henry M. Spelman] Nov. 5, 1861 [November 5, 1861]
T. Barbour [Thomas Barbour]
A.C. Bent [Arthur Cleveland Bent] Nov. 25, 1866 [November 25, 1866]
W.A. Jeffries [William A. Jeffries] Feb. 13, 1856 [February 13, 1856]
R.J. Jackson July 13, 1861
W. Brewster [William Brewster] [July] 5, 1851

Of other People
C. [Caroline Brewster] Aug. 31, 184 [August 31, 1846]
E.R.S [Elizabeth R. Simmons]
Margaret French Aug. 3,  [August 3, 1889]